The Master of Engineering degree is a non-thesis graduate degree intended to supplement the student's undergraduate degree by providing the core knowledge needed to prepare the student to pursue a career in the nuclear energy field. The Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are thesis-based degrees that emphasize research.
Research
The Nuclear Science and Engineering program at Mines stresses the entire nuclear fuel life cycle. Mines faculty have expertise in:
- Nuclear physics
- Nuclear materials refining, processing and forming
- Exploration for, extraction and milling of ores
- Recycling and disposal of spent fuel
- Monitoring of fuel repository degradation
- Remediation of nuclear contaminants
- Energy production
- Heat transport
- Materials fatigue, corrosion, and welding and joining
- Instrumentation and control
- Radiation detection and measurement
- Environmental impact
- Health physics and risk assessment
- International political economy
- Public policy analysis
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